So, if you want to know how to say preach in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb prêcher - French for preach

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of prêcher, which is French for preach.

I preach.

you preached.

he will preach.

we would preach.

they may preach.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for prêcher, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE prêcher

Simple Tenses prêcher

TENSE

je/j’

tu

il

nous

vous

ils

PresentPrésentpreach

prêche

prêches

prêche

prêchons

prêchez

prêchent

Past ImperfectImparfaitpreached

prêchais

prêchais

prêchait

prêchions

prêchiez

prêchaient

Simple PastPassé Simplepreached

prêchai

prêchas

prêcha

prêchâmes

prêchâtes

prêchèrent

FutureFuturwill preach

prêcherai

prêcheras

prêchera

prêcherons

prêcherez

prêcheront

ConditionalConditionnelwould preach

prêcherais

prêcherais

prêcherait

prêcherions

prêcheriez

prêcheraient

SubjunctiveSubjonctifmay preach

prêche

prêches

prêche

prêchions

prêchiez

prêchent

Compound Tenses prêcher

Present PerfectPassé Composéhave preached

ai prêché

as prêché

a prêché

avons prêché

avez prêché

ont prêché

Past PerfectPlus-que-Parfaithad preached

avais prêché

avais prêché

avait prêché

avions prêché

aviez prêché

avaient prêché

Future PerfectFutur Antérieurwill have

aurai prêché

auras prêché

aura prêché

aurons prêché

aurez prêché

auront prêché

Conditional PerfectConditionnel Passéwould have preached

aurais prêché

aurais prêché

aurait prêché

aurions prêché

auriez prêché

auraient prêché

ImperativeImperatifpreach!

prêche

prêchons

prêchez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of prêcher the French for preachprésent de l’indicatif

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachimparfait de l’indicatif

je prêchais
- I preached
- I was preachingtu prêchais
- you preached- (familiar or informal)
- you were preachingil, elle, on prêchait
- he, she, it, one preached
- he, she, it, one was preachingnous prêchions
- we preached
- we were preachingvous prêchiez
- you preached- (formal or plural)
- you were preachingils, elles prêchaient
- they preached
- they were preaching

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachpassé simple

je prêchai
- I preachedtu prêchas
- you preached- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on prêcha
- he, she, it, one preachednous prêchâmes
- we preachedvous prêchâtes
- you preached- (formal or plural)ils, elles prêchèrent
they preached
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachfutur

je prêcherai
- I will preachtu prêcheras
- you will preach (familiar or informal)il, elle, on prêchera
- he, she, it, one will preach nous prêcherons
- we will preachvous prêcherez
- you will preach (formal or plural)ils, elles prêcheront
- they will preach

Conditional Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachconditionnel

je prêcherais
- I would preachtu prêcherais
- you would preach (familiar or informal)il, elle, on prêcherait
- he, she, it, one would preachnous prêcherions
- we would preachvous prêcheriez
- you would preach (formal or plural)ils, elles prêcheraient
- they would preach

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachprésent de subjonctif

que je prêche
- that I may preachque tu prêches
- that you may preach(familiar or informal)qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on prêche
- that he, she, it, one may preachque nous prêchions
- that we may preachque vous prêchiez
- that you may preach(formal or plural)qu’ils, qu’elles prêchent
- that they may preach

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb prêcher - the verb ‘to preach’ in French

Past Participle of prêcher is: prêché -preached.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

Here’s the French for preach conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.j’ai prêché
- I have preached or I did preach or
- I preachedtu as prêché
- you have preached or you did preach - (familiar or informal) or
- you preachedil, elle, on a prêché
- he, she, it, one has preach or did preach
- he, she, it preachednous avons prêché
- we have preached or we did preach
- we preachedvous avez prêché
- you have preached or you did preach (formal or plural) or
- or we preachedils, elles ont prêché
- they have preached or they did preach
- they preached

Here’s the French for -preach conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.j’avais prêché
- I had preachedtu avais prêché
- you had preached- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on avait prêché
- he, she, it, one had preached nous avions prêché
- we had preachedvous aviez prêché
- you had preached (formal or plural)ils, elles avaient prêché
- they had preached

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachfutur antérieur

j’aurai prêché
- I will have tu auras prêché
- you will have - (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aura prêché
- he, she, it, one will have nous aurons prêché
- we will have vous aurez prêché
- you will have - (formal or plural)ils, elles auront prêché
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachconditionnel passé

j’aurais prêché
- I would have preachedtu aurais prêché
- you would have preached- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aurait prêché
- he, she, it, one would have preachednous aurions prêché
- we would have preachedvous auriez prêché
- you would have preached- (formal or plural)ils, elles auraient prêché
- they would have preached

Imperative Tense conjugations of prêcher, the French for preachimpératif

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